Case Timeline Builder — Organize Testimony, Evidence & Legal Narratives

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Title / Summary Required — concise label for the timeline

Details Full testimony excerpt, evidence description, or notes

Date & Time When this occurred or was recorded

Source Witness name, document ID, exhibit number

Category Tag for filtering and visual grouping

Quick Start Load the Caleb Flynn case sample data

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Visual Timeline

Chronological

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How it works

This tool helps you construct a structured case timeline from raw testimony, evidence logs, and documentary exhibits. Each entry becomes a node in a chronological sequence you can reorder, filter, and export.

Adding entries

Fill in the title, details, date/time, source, and category. The title appears on the timeline; details are included in exports. Categories color-code entries: Witness Testimony (amber), Physical Evidence (green), Prosecution Exhibits (red), Defense Exhibits (blue), Neutral/Context (gray).

Reordering & editing

Drag entries in the left list to reorder chronologically. Click the up/down arrows for keyboard-friendly movement. Click the pencil icon to edit an entry; click the trash icon to delete. The visual timeline on the right updates automatically.

Export formats

JSON — complete structured data for import into other tools. Text Summary — human-readable narrative formatted for case files. CSV — spreadsheet-ready rows for analysis or sharing with colleagues.

Use cases

Designed for attorneys, paralegals, investigators, journalists, and students analyzing legal cases.

Trial preparation

Organize witness testimony in the order you plan to call them. Tag prosecution vs. defense exhibits. Export a clean text summary for your trial notebook.

Case analysis & research

Load testimony from transcripts, tag by witness, and visualize gaps or contradictions in the timeline. The sample case demonstrates this with the Caleb Flynn mistress testimony.

Teaching & moot court

Build hypothetical case timelines for classroom exercises. Students can practice organizing disordered evidence into a coherent narrative.

True crime documentation

Researchers and podcasters can structure public records, testimony, and evidence into a shareable timeline with proper source attribution.